Transmission lock for motor vehicles



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EMIL'V. IIOSER, .OF

efficient in the isaisaai LOUIS CG IJ'NTY, iMISS "Transmission LOCK non ivioron vnnionn's l 7 Application filed June 4-, i922. Seria1No.'282,539'.

This invention relates generally to motor vehicles and, more particularly, to certain new and useful improvements in devices for locking the transmission thereof.

My present invention has for its chief object the provision of a transmission-lock of so-called co-incidental type, that is to say, alloclrcapable of simultaneously breaking the electrical circuit'between the engine and the source of'current and locking the trans mission against unauthorized actuation.

My invention has for a further object the provision of a lock of the type stated which is conveniently operable, which may be economically manufactured, which may bereadily installed upon the vehicle, and which is performance of its intended functions.

And with the above and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangemei'it, and combination of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, I

Figure l'is a reduced elevational view of a transmission-lock embodying my invention;

- Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the lock, showin the lltllCllQiiJOItlOll of the gearshifting lever in so-called abnormal. or depressed transmission locking and circuitbrealring position;

Figure 3 is a similar view, showing the handle-portion of the gear-shifting lever in normal or raised transmission unlocking and circuit-completing position; i

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section taken approximately on the line l l-, Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a reduced detail section taken approximately on the line 55, Figure 3;

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail section of the co-operalole electrical contact-members or terminals of the lock.

Referring now more in detail and byv reference characters to the drawing, which illustrates a practical embodiment of my in:

oust, Assisiron, BY iansnn nssienmniws, *ro FRANK c. wnnnor s'r. LOUIS, Mrssouai: I f

vention, the transmission proper, for present purposes, may be descr'bed as including a housing A suitably mounted in and upon the vehicle. Disposed inthe'housing, are shafts l and 2, each of which is axially shiftable in e ther direction from a neutral positionabut h which in standard equipment are incapable of simultaneous axial movement.

'l'he transmission proper forms no part of my present invention; hence, suffice it now to say that, as is well understoodywhen the shafts 1,2, are in neutral position, the engine and driving-gears of the vehicle are disconnected, and that, as the shafts 1, 2, are selectively shifted from neutral position'to first,

second, third, or reverse positions, thei en-f' gine and driving or transmission gears are so interconnected as to control the s eed' or di-' rection of travel of the vehicle. perable to so shift the shafts 1, 2, and usually forming part of a standard transinissiomis-an'upstanding lever 3 engageahle at its lower end 8a with the respective shafts ,1, 2,and which, when in neutral position, isout of engagement with both said shafts; Conjoined or otherwise connected to the housing'A and, for 1 the most part'enclosing the lever 3, is a more I or less conc shaped or conoidal casing B,

yieldingly, as bya. coiledspringl, support- 7 ed in the upper end of which and encircling the lever 3, is a preferably ballpivot 5 for facilitating shaft-shifting a'ctuations; of the lever3. I

Disposed for 'slidable movement longitudinally of andnpon the upper-end'portion of lever 3, is a tubular casing-member or lever extension 0. Fixed to the member or lever extension C'at its upper end, is a' handgripping member 6, and fixed to the ine mber C at its lower end, is a bell-shaped extension 7, which, it may be here stated,-is of such relative diametrical dimension tosurround the upper end of easing B on slidab-le depres- S1011, of the lever-extension (l. Disposed, for

purposes shortly appearing, on the pivot 5,

and also embracing the lever 3, is an insulation-ring 8, and coiled on lever 3 and interposed between the ring 8 and a washer-member 9 fittin against the lower end of leverextension is an expansion-spring 10 norment, as at 11, with a collar-member 12 concealed within the casing B for slidable movement longitudinally upon the lever 3, and disposed in a'longitudinal way 13 provided in lever 3 for the purpose, is a rigid link 14, and integral with or otherwise fixed to the I collar 12, is a plug-like extension 15 adapted abnormally,-on depression of the lever-extension G, to fit, as shown in Figure 2, between the shafts 1 and 2 to prevent actuation thereof by their-normally actuating lever 3,

the plug 15 being normally, as when the leverextension C is in raised position, maintained the resiliency or tension of the spring 10, as

shownin Figure 3. Formedin the end, is a circumferential. groove orway 16, and also forinedin the lever 3 and extending upwardly from the groove 16, is a longitudinally disposed surface-way17 opening at its lower end into the groove 16 and preferably, though not necessarily, aligning with the way 13.

Preferably screw-seated in the lever-ex: tension C, is a plug 18 adapted normally to fit at its inner-end in the way 17 and thereby, while permitting longitudinal depression of the lever-extension C and its attached part-s relatively to the casing B and lever 3, securely retaining the lever extension C and itsattached parts in rigid conjoined relation, and from rotatory movement relatively, thereto.

Integral with or otherwise conjoined to the lever-extension G, is an enlargement or lock-housing D, mounted in which is any suitable key-aetuable lock, which, for present purposes, may be described as including a casing 19 enclosing a rotatory-member or barrel 20 provided at its rear or inner-end with a projecting pin 21 having retracting engagement with a spring-pressed bolt 22 disposed in the housing D for shiftable move- 7 ment to engage the lever 3.

Formed in the insulation ring 8, is a bore 7 23, and disposed in operative relation to bore 23, as best seen in Figure 6, are spaced terminals '24, 25, for conductors 26, 26 which' lead to, and connect the engine with, any suitable source of current, not shown, carried by the vehicle, all as will be well understood. Mounted for slidable movement in bore 23 and adapted for engagement at its outer-end,

lever 3 adjacent its upper by the lever -extension 7, is an insulationplunger 27 carrying at its inner end a contactmember 28 adapted, under the tension'of a spring 29 interposed between the one terminal 25 and the plunger 27 to normally electrically engage the terminal 24 to meta-llically through the spring 29 close the circuit between the conductors 26. i

Normally, as I have described, the'leverextension G and its attached parts are yieldingly, under the tension of spring 10, maintained in raised position or in the normal position thereof illustrated in Figure 3, in which position the lever 3 and its extension C are held 'by the interengaging way 17 and plug 18 in rigid, conjoined relation, for shaftshifting actuations, the plug 15 is out of shaft locking position, the contact-member 28 is in electrical engagement with the terminal 24, and the locking bolt 22- merely looselyengages with and upon the surface of the lever 3. The lever 3 and its extension C thus form substantially a two-part lever, and when the parts are in normal position, the engine circuit is closed and the lever 3 may be actuated to selectively shift the shafts 1 and2.

Should it now be desired to lock the vehicle from unauthorized use, the lever extension spring-pressed bolt 22 rides upon thesurface of the relatively stationary lever 3; 1 As isbest seen inFigures 2 and 3, the projection 18 and bolt 22 are in alignment transversely of the lever 3, and as the projection 18 and bolt 22 reach, on depression'of the member C, the plane of the circumferential groove. 16,

the locking-bolt 22, under the tension of its projecting spring 21a, automatically shifts into the groove 16. The lever extension C is thereby locked in depressed or abnormal position, and when in such position is freely rotarily movable, by reason of theengagement of the plug 18 and bolt 22 with lever 3 merely at its'groove 16, relatively to the lever 3, as illustrated in Figure 4. Such now per missible swivel movement of lever-extension C not only increases the efficiency of the look, but also permits the driver, usually seated on the left-hand. side of the vehicle, to conveniently and as a matter of safety, use the right hand side of the vehicle in getting out.

Now, in such depressible movement of the extension C, the plug 15 is also shifted downwardly to reside between the shafts 1 and 2 and thereby prevents actuation thereof. Further, and at the same time, as the lever C is downwardly depressed, the plunger 27 is forced inwardly by the bell-shaped member 7 and contact-member 28 thereby shifted out of electrical engagement with thefixed ter- 881,889 I a V 3 minal 24, the engine circuitbeing consequentlybroke'n. Thus Iprovide a transmis'sionlock of the coincidental type, which is readily and con- 5 venie'ntly operable, and which fulfills-in ileverincluding a'first member and a second member, the second'member-having a tubular portion sleeved for shiftable movement upon 'an-end portion ofthe" firstmember, means every respect the objects before stated. Upon a'key, not shown, being inserted in the lock 19, the bolt 22 may be retracted against the tensionofspring' em out of'engagement with thelever'C, when the lever C and its associate parts automatically; under the tension of spring 10, return to normal raised position.

I am aware that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new lock may be made and substituted for those herein shown and p v I I shiftmglever, one of WlllGh parts 1ssh1ftable describedwithout departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

'20 Having thus described my inventlon, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a" transmission look, a housing, a

shaft-shifting lever including a first member and a second member, the first member being disposed for the most part in the housing and having an end portion projecting therefrom and provided longitudinally with a surface V groove and the second member being sleeved for shiftable movement upon said end portion of the first member, a projection on the second member fitting in said groove and engageable with the walls thereof for normally rigidly interconnecting said members for shaft-shifting actuations, and a. coiled spring interposed between the housing and said second levermember for yieldingly retaining said second member in normal position relatively to the first member.

2. In a transmission lock, a two part shaftshifting lever, one of which parts is shiftable longitudinally relatively to the other, means for normally interconnecting said parts for shaft-shifting actuations, and means for releasably locking the one part in shifted abnormal position relatively tothe other part.

3. In a transmission lock, a two part shaftshifting lever, one of which parts is shiftable longitudinally relatively to the other, means for normally interconnecting said parts for shaft-shifting actuations, and means for locking the one part in shifted abnormal position relatively to the other part, said means including a key operable bolt carried by the second member and adapted for engagement with the first member. 7

4. In a transmission lock, a shaft-shifting lever including a first member and a second member, the second member having a tubular portion sleeved for shiftable movement upon an end portion of the first member, means for normally interconnecting said members for shaft-shifting actuations, and means for releasably locking the second memher in shifted abnormal position relatively to tively to the first member.

the first member, said last-named; m'eans in eluding aspring pressed key retractablebolt carried by the second member and adapted for engagement with the first member. W 5 In a transmissionlock, a shaft-shifting" for normally interconnectingnsaid mcmbers for shaft-shifting actu ations, means "for 1 re thesecond member in normal position rela 6L ln atransmissio'n lock, atwo part shaftlongitudinally relatively to the other and i when in abnormal shifted position is also r0 tarily movable relatively tothe other; i x

'7. In a transmission look, a two part shaft i V shifting lev'er,one of which parts is shiftable longitudinally.relatively toltheother, means 1 1 for normally interconnecting said parts for shaft-shifting a'ctuations, and means for releasablylocking the one part in shiftedabnormal position relativelytothe other part, said one partlwhe'n in said abnormal} posio i; zrotarily movable relatively to the other part; 7

-8. In a transmission lock, a shaftsshifting lever including a first member and asecond member in normal position relatively to the first member, and meansfor releasably lock-V ing the second member in shifted abnormal position relatively to the first member, the

; second member being rotarilymovable relatively to and. upon the first member when in? shifted abnormal position. J

9. Inatransmission look, a shaft-shifting leverincluding a first nemberand asecond member, the first memberfhaving a circumferential groove and the second. member haw i ing a'tubular portion sleeved for shiftable movement upon the first member and over saidgroove, means lfornormallyinterconnectingsaid members, for shaft-actuations,

means for. yleldlngly w retaining .the second member in normal position relatively to the first member, and means for releasably loci;- ing the second member in shifted abnormal position relatively'tothe first member, said last-named means including a bolt carried 1125 by the second memberand adapted, whenthe second member is in shifted abnormal-position, for engagement at said groove with the firstfmember. .4

10. In atransmissionlo ck,a shaft-shift-.'"

g V including a fir t member and a sec- .ber being longitudinally shiftable upon said nd membenl the first member having a cirend portion of the pivoted member, a projeceumiei'ential groove and a longitudinal tion on thehand-gripp-ing memberfitting in 7 Way opening at its base into said groove and .said groove. and-engageable with the walls 7 :the second member-having a tubular portion thereof for normally rigidlyinterconnecting sleeved f'or-shiftablemovement upon the first said members for shaft-shifting actuations, memberand over said groove and Way, a proand means for yieldingly retaining thehando iection upon the second member slidably fitgripping member against shiftable: moveti'ng] for movement in said Way for normally ment'relatively to the-pivoted member.

" interconnecting said members for shaft-ac- In testimony whereof, I havesigned my F tuations,v means for yieldingly retaining the name to this specification. V second member in normal positionrelatively V. NOSER,

. to.- thefirst member; and means for releasably locking the second member in shifted ab normal position, said last-named means, in-

cluding a bolt carried by the second member for engagement with the first member, both said projection and said bolt fitting in said h groove when the second member is in shifted abnormal position and permitting rotatory movement ofthe second member relatively to the first member.

I11. In a transmission lock,:a shaft-shifting'lever comprisinga pair of co-operating parts, oneoif said parts being disposed length- I 'vvise substantially in aligning relation with v and at an end fitting over the other part, said one partineluding a hand-gripping portion v for shaft-shifting actuation of the lever and being shiftable longitudinally relatively to V and over said other part. 7

' 12. In a transmission lock, a shaft-shifting flever comprising apair of co -operating parts,

one of said parts being disposed lengthwise substantially in aligning relation with and having an end-portion sleeved over the other :part, said one part including a hand-gripping portion for shaft-shiftingactuation of the g lever and being shiftable longitudinally rel atively to'said other part, and means for normally rigidly interconnecting said .parts for shaft-shifting actuations. V

18. In a transmission look, a shaft-shift- H inglever including a pivoted member having a longitudinal surface groove in an end- 7 portion thereof, a hand-gripping member disposed lengthwise substantially in aligning relation with and having an end-portion U sleeved over said grooved end-portion of thepivoted member, said hand-gripping member being longitudinally shiftable upon said endportion of the pivoted member, and a projection on the hand-gripping member fitting in said groove and engageable with the Walls thereof for normally rigidly interconnecting'said members for shaft-shifting actuatio-ns. V 1

7 14. In a transmission look, a shaft-shiftin lever including a pivoted member having a longitudinal surface groove in an end portion thereof, a hand-gripping member disposed lengthwise substantially in aligning relation with and having an end-portion sleeved over said grooved end-portion of the l v 130 pivoted member, said hand-gripping mem- I Y 

